Links from 26 July 2006, oldest first:

"Wikipedia gave it prominent emphasis over other important historical events from the same day, including the independence of the nation of Africa in 1847, the 1984 ascension of Constantine to Emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor, and the 1998 birth of Smoke Permalink

But if the object is unique rather than mass-produced, and if the object has been around for a while rather than being new and shrinkwrapped, then thinglink is there to tie together information about what's happened to it, where it's been, who has touched Permalink

The same is starting to happen with digital art, but the distinction is even more spurious - John F Simon jr sellss 'editions' of his fantastic piece 'every icon', but its really just a java app. Permalink